Example sentences of "of [noun sg] [v-ing] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When baking in combination with the hot air mode , the touch of a button releases an instant cloud of moisture giving a smooth and glazed surface , and ensuring that the dough rises evenly . |
| 2 | Reporting on the decade of change following the 1971 Census , the CES found : first , in those areas under consideration , there has been a population decline of 20 per cent , whereas the population at large has grown . |
| 3 | Often , you may find larvae of other kinds of insect sharing the same gall . |
| 4 | At home , the sombre and all-too-present reality of capitalism sinking deeper and deeper into crisis ; on the horizon , the gleaming and distant image of communism constructing a new world , a new man , a new life . |
| 5 | These buildings were of a later date than the Manor house , being built of brick surrounding a large quadrangle . |
| 6 | The lessons to be learned from Ichthus are manifold : they have a very clear philosophy of ministry involving a threefold emphasis on mission , fellowship and training . |
| 7 | read it because you can do a lot of damage pressing the wrong things . |
| 8 | An important component of successful delegation is of course choosing the right people to carry out what you want . |
| 9 | And in the process of course destroying the old Europe , allowing the very thing that , arguably , they were trying to stop from happening , to happen , that is to say , allowing the Russians to advance towards the Elbe , and allowing the Anglo-Saxons as they see it to erm come from the west and taken over the western half of Europe . |
| 10 | And of course having a good time . |
| 11 | One of the hallmarks of Conservative British governments in the 1980s was the readiness to spend large sums of money promoting the private market and a set of values which have come to be known as the ‘ enterprise culture ’ — witness the £1,200 million spent on the privatisation of Shorts and the shipyard . |
| 12 | He had a day 's growth of beard covering a weak chin . |
| 13 | This was the situation outlined by that astute political fixer , Lord Milton , in a letter to the Earl of Ilay suggesting a suitable candidate for a vacant post . |
| 14 | The effect of parallel transporting a local vector round a closed path on a cylinder is shown in Fig. 3.9 . |
| 15 | Aspersion is a method of frost-protection involving a water-sprinkling system ( BELOW ) which automatically switches on whenever the temperature drops below freezing . |
| 16 | Now , as they sat across from each other at the shady table with the heady scent of jasmine sweetening the hot air , Ruth know that it could n't go on like this much longer . |
| 17 | The bulk of the wood used in the six is still maple , although the ET range utilises a five-piece neck laminate , with two pieces of bubinga flanking the thin central section of maple . |
| 18 | Some drug and alcohol hostels around the country are losing clients and face financial difficulties because of confusion surrounding the new community care arrangements , writes Bob Cervi . |
| 19 | I brewed a mug of tea using the small block of tea , milk and sugar , crushed into a mess tin of water and brought to the boil . |
| 20 | ‘ He used to sneak out of college wearing a spare jacket so 's no one 'd know he was missing . |
| 21 | The decision increased the degree of uncertainty surrounding the 1990 mayoral election , as none of the candidates for the Democratic primary , scheduled for the Sept. 11 , had managed to establish a clear lead . |
| 22 | There is also the possibility of practice expressing the free will of the individual even though it has no other form of expression than the appearances available to consciousness . |
| 23 | Indeed there was a code of practice governing the dangerous procedure — largely to avoid suffocation accidents . |
| 24 | In 1978 a new constitution was promulgated which provided for an elaborate reversion to a tribal mode of rule involving an electoral college of eighty members chosen by forty local councils ( ‘ tinkhundla ’ ) , dominated by tribal elements . |
| 25 | He opened the front door and stood for a moment on the step looking at the glimmer of light touching the pale dome of the church and the glow of the city thrown up against the sky . |
| 26 | Behind a low wall , a ragged hedge squatted like a moulting hen over a clutch of empty drink cans and discarded crisp bags ; a couple of unkempt evergreen trees , grown to roof height , screened the house from the road and severely restricted the amount of light reaching the dingy windows . |
| 27 | Out of the darkness beyond the white wall , streaks of fireflies : sudden lines of light matching the projected gashes on the film , which would suddenly stop and the lights come up to make an interval . |
| 28 | Furthermore , at a time of heart-searching following the commercial difficulties of the Anglo-French Concorde project , and with de Gaulle no longer in power , the French space science community had difficulty in persuading the politicians of the need for France to go it alone in space . |
| 29 | A thin wedge of what looked like mud caked between the heel and the sole of the left shoe ; the pattern of blood stiffening the fine fawn cashmere of the sweater ; the half-open mouth fixed in a rictus between a smile and a sneer ; the dead eyes seeming as he watched to shrink into their sockets ; the left hand with its long pale fingers , curved and delicate as a girl 's ; the palm of the right hand thick with blood . |
| 30 | Far below , but impossibly detailed , was his crumpled body ; his limbs in ghastly akimbo , head tipped back on itself , a stealth of blood staining the white marble of an empty pool . |